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As we have seen with Mindful Shopping, the road to stopping overshopping often requires introspection and personal reflection. And addiction treatment has confirmed that the most successful way to kick bad habits is to take careful, small steps. A great way to combine these two means of stopping your overshopping is to set a weekly… Continue reading Motivational Interview

A recent article in the Williams Record, the campus newspaper of Williams College, examines the dramatic increase in online buying among college students. It notes that under-25s are among the most frequent computer users and reminds us that credit cards now flood the mailboxes of younger and younger people, typically beginning in the early teens.… Continue reading Students Love Getting Packages—
Even If They Have to Send ‘Em to Themselves!

What might your life be like if you gave up shopping for a year? The question may not be your usual conversation starter, but it’s one that a group of environmentally-conscious friends posed over dinner just over a year ago, reported Jay McDonald in bankrate.com. Blame it on the wine, maybe, but ten relatively sane… Continue reading Secondhand Living

First Epidemiological Study of Compulsive Buying in 14 Years The first epidemiological study of compulsive buying in the U.S. in 14 years is about to be published, co-authored by Lorrin Koran, M.D., of Stanford University and Ron Faber, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota. The random telephone survey of 2,513 adults, chosen to be representative… Continue reading Cutting Edge Research